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Marching together

2006-03-22T21:22:00.000-08:00

Marching together: The regretful and the contrite
Last Sunday, I was happy to witness the largest anti-war and anti-Bush demonstration, in the US if not the world, marking the third anniversary of our unprovoked criminal undertaking against Iraq. I was also sad for not participating in it.
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Iraqi Good Stuff

2006-03-22T21:18:00.000-08:00

IRAQI GOOD STUFF
On the third anniversary of his misadventure into Iraq, President George Bush strove to sell his invasion and occupancy policy by holding a press conference and announced that getting US troops out of Iraq is not his problem. Instead its going to be the problem of future US presidents and Iraqi governments.
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- - Iran, Russia resume nuclear talks

2006-03-14T15:38:00.000-08:00

Iran has resumed negotiations with Russia over plans to enrich its uranium in a move directed at ending a stand-off with Western nations over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. "

- - Google privacy issue enters court

2006-03-14T15:29:00.000-08:00

The Bush administration is renewing its effort to find out what people have been looking for on the Google search engine, in a continuing legal showdown over how much access the government should have of the internet company's vast data bases."

- - Google privacy issue enters court

2006-03-14T09:57:00.000-08:00

- - Rice courts Indonesia

2006-03-14T09:37:00.000-08:00

"Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, has praised Indonesia's 'moderate policies'."

- - Protest march on Thai leader's office

2006-03-14T09:28:00.000-08:00

About 100,000 people massed outside the office of the Thai prime minister on Tuesday, their leaders insisting the protest will go on until he quits."

- - China: Talks if Taiwan gives up claim

2006-03-14T09:22:00.000-08:00

China's prime minister has said his country would engage in talks with Taiwan's ruling party if it gave up its 'platform of so-called independence'."

- - Moussaoui judge may bar execution

2006-03-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

The US federal judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case is considering ending the death-penalty prosecution after learning that a federal lawyer apparently coached witnesses on upcoming testimony. "

- - Indian clerics issue anti-terror fatwa

2006-03-14T09:00:00.000-08:00

A prominent Muslim seminary in India has issued an edict declaring terrorist attacks on all religious sites and the killing of innocent people to be anti-Islamic, a cleric has said. "

- - Major sieges in occupied West Bank

2006-03-14T08:53:00.000-08:00

Israeli forces have raided a West Bank prison to try seize a top Palestinian fighter, Ahmed Saadat, accused of killing an Israeli minister. Here are some details about other major sieges in the West Bank:"

- - Patents for sounds and smells?

2006-03-14T08:40:00.000-08:00

Radio jingles and perfume scents are among the unusual items that may be included in a revised trademark treaty as a result of talks by intellectual property rights experts in Singapore this month."

- - Straw defends Jericho jail withdrawal

2006-03-14T08:27:00.000-08:00

Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, has defended the withdrawal of British monitors from a prison in Jericho on the West Bank, a move followed by an upsurge in violence."

- - Protests, kidnappings in Gaza

2006-03-14T08:18:00.000-08:00

Angry protests have erupted in Gaza in response to the storming of a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho by Israeli troops. "

- - Israel shuts Karni crossing

2006-03-14T08:06:00.000-08:00

Israel has sealed off the vital Karni cargo crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel less than a week after reopening it, citing unspecified security warnings. "

- - Israel: Abbas, Peres held secret talks

2006-03-14T07:57:00.000-08:00

Israel has restored direct contacts with the Palestinian president for the first time since the Hamas won January elections, with a secret meeting in Jordan between Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas. "

- - Bush defends Iraq policy, slams Iran

2006-03-13T22:08:00.000-08:00

George Bush, launching a drive to counter growing American opposition to military presence in Iraq, has vowed the US would not lose its nerve and accused Iran of contributing to the violence in Iraq."

- - Maoist rebels attack Indian trains

2006-03-13T22:00:00.000-08:00

An Indian administration official says police and soldiers have reached the scene of a train that went missing overnight in a remote region in eastern India and that all the passengers are safe."

- - UK to pull 800 troops out of Iraq

2006-03-13T21:43:00.000-08:00

John Reid, the British Defence Secretary, has said the country's forces in Iraq are to be reduced by 800 to around 7000 personnel in the next few months."

- - Comet particles confound scientists

2006-03-13T21:34:00.000-08:00

Particles from any icy comet that were collected and returned to Earth aboard a Nasa science satellite show dozens of minerals that form only in extreme heat - a finding that complicates theories about how the solar system formed, scientists say."

- - US, Sunni interests converge in Iraq?

2006-03-13T21:24:00.000-08:00

Sunni Arab leaders in Iraq have voiced caution over a thawing in relations with the United States following recent conciliatory remarks by the American ambassador."

- - Tribunal blamed for Milosevic death

2006-03-13T21:18:00.000-08:00

"Serbian President Boris Tadic has said the UN war crimes tribunal is responsible for Slobodan Milosevic's death, but added that it would not hamper Serbia's future cooperation with the court."

Saddam's judge defends executions

2006-03-13T21:01:00.000-08:00

The former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court has said he issued death warrant for Shia men accused of plotting to assassinate Saddam Hussein."

- - Afghans ordered out of Waziristan

2006-03-13T11:33:00.000-08:00

The authorities in a Pakistani tribal region are repeating calls for thousands of Afghan refugees to return home."

- - Al-Sadr preaches restraint

2006-03-13T11:25:00.000-08:00

Muqtada al-Sadr has said he will not order his militia to strike al-Qaida fighters after Sunday's bombing of his stronghold in Baghdad because that would mean civil war."

Taliban chief orders captives killed

2006-03-13T11:02:00.000-08:00

Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban leader, has ordered the murder of four foreigners kidnapped in Afghanistan on Saturday."

- - Mubarak: EU must not cut PA aid

2006-03-13T10:55:00.000-08:00

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, says cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority will encourage terrorism."

- - Bangladesh blast kills rebel and family

2006-03-13T10:49:00.000-08:00

A suspected rebel, his wife and two children have been killed in a bomb blast after Bangladesh security forces besieged a house while searching for fugitive Islamists."

- - Israel fears carnival attacks

2006-03-13T10:42:00.000-08:00

Israeli troops have arrested two Palestinian boys carrying explosives, and forces have gone on high alert for possible attacks on carnival celebrations."

- Poll boost for Colombian president

2006-03-13T10:34:00.000-08:00

Preliminary election results indicate that a coalition of parties loyal to the Colombian president is on course to secure majorities in both houses of Congress. "

- PKK claims Turkey suicide blast

2006-03-13T10:29:00.000-08:00

The Kurdistan Workers Party has said that one of its members carried out a suicide bombing in southeast Turkey last week in which two other people were also killed."

- - US base angers Japanese

2006-03-13T10:24:00.000-08:00

Japan still wants to seal a deal with the US on reorganising American forces in the country even after locals rejected a plan to expand a nearby base."

- - Chavez flies the flag for change

2006-03-13T10:18:00.000-08:00

The Venezuelan president has made changes to the nation's flag, changes foes reject as Hugo Chavez's personal whim."

- - Underpaid, oversexed and over here

2006-03-13T10:08:00.000-08:00

Bangladeshi workers banned from Malaysia because local women find them too attractive are apparently now being smuggled in as students."

- - Kuwait invests in south Sudan

2006-03-13T10:01:00.000-08:00

Kuwait has become the first Arab country to invest in south Sudan, a region ravaged by more than two decades of fighting with the north."

US 'pushing for Iran regime change'

2006-03-13T09:55:00.000-08:00

The US administration is starting to push for regime change in Iran through confrontation rather than diplomacy, according to an American newspaper."

- - Kuwait invests in south Sudan

2006-03-13T09:47:00.000-08:00

Kuwait has become the first Arab country to invest in south Sudan, a region ravaged by more than two decades of fighting with the north."

- - Study: Europe losing education race

2006-03-13T09:40:00.000-08:00

Europe, held back by France and Germany, is losing the race in education and higher qualifications faced with dogged competition from Asia, according to a study."

- - Iran faces petrol dilemma

2006-03-13T09:35:00.000-08:00

Iran's finance minister says the country faces a tough choice between rationing petrol from 21 March or raising the price of heavily subsidised petrol imports later this year."

- - Straw says US will not attack Iran

2006-03-13T09:31:00.000-08:00

Jack Straw, the British foreign minister, says military action against Iran is not on the US agenda."

- - Tehran may dump US-dollar holdings

2006-03-13T09:26:00.000-08:00

Iran says its dollar transactions have been restricted by seven or eight international financial institutions, and says it may switch its holdings into other currencies."

UN: Milosevic died of heart failure

2006-03-12T18:59:00.000-08:00

Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president, died of a heart attack, the UN war crimes court has announced while refusing completely to rule out a poisoning theory as it prepares his body for release on Monday."

French PM defends new labour law

2006-03-12T18:57:00.000-08:00

"France's Dominique de Villepin, facing the biggest test of his 10-month premiership, has pledged to apply a youth labour law that has triggered protests and offered guarantees to head off criticism of the measure."

More statues unearthed in Egypt

2006-03-12T18:44:00.000-08:00

A team of German archaeologists has unearthed 17 statues of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet during restoration work at an ancient temple in the southern city of Luxor."

- - Turkish Kurds seek language rights

2006-03-12T18:34:00.000-08:00

Turkey's Kurds have complained of police oppression and called for an end to prejudice against their language as crucial steps towards ending a 22-year-old conflict in the southeast of the country."

- - Scores killed in Baghdad attacks

2006-03-12T18:21:00.000-08:00

"Scores of Iraqis have been killed and many wounded in attacks in and around Baghdad. "

- - Iraqi parliament session advanced

2006-03-12T18:15:00.000-08:00

"Iraq's president has said he was bringing forward the first session of parliament to 16 March from 19 March, the date of a Shia Muslim religious festival."

Anti-Israel rabbis support Iran

2006-03-12T18:10:00.000-08:00

"Members of an orthodox Jewish sect have met top Iranian officials in Tehran to show support for the Iranian president's call for the destruction of Israel, reports say."

Autopsy ordered on Milosevic's body

2006-03-12T09:54:00.000-08:00

"The UN war crimes tribunal has ordered an autopsy on the body of Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president, after a forensic team was unable to determine the cause of death."

- - Saddam trial adjourned

2006-03-12T09:50:00.000-08:00

The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven former aides charged with crimes against humanity has been adjourned until Monday after more than five hours of hearings. "

- - Iran shelves Russian atomic deal

2006-03-12T09:46:00.000-08:00

Iran has said it is shelving a Russian compromise deal intended to defuse an international dispute over whether Tehran is seeking to build an atomic bomb."

Jordan convicts five for terror plots

2006-03-12T09:41:00.000-08:00

A military court in Jordan has found five people, including one fugitive, guilty of plotting terrorist attacks on Jordanian intelligence agents, foreign tourists and hotels."

MWC News - A Site Without Borders - -Netanyahu snubs Kadima coalition

2006-03-12T09:33:00.000-08:00

"Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Israel's right-wing Likud party, has ruled out joining Ehud Olmert, the interim prime minister, in a future government."

- - Protesters arrested in Bahrain

2006-03-12T09:23:00.000-08:00

Bahraini police have arrested 24 people after using tear gas to disperse a protest in the Gulf Arab state, a human rights activist has said."

Bomb survivor claims Pakistan plot

2006-03-12T09:15:00.000-08:00

A senior Afghan politician has blamed a failed attack on his life on the Pakistan secret intelligence service."

Burundi rebels ready to discuss peace

2006-03-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

"The last active rebel group in Burundi has said it is ready to hold peace talks with the government in an attempt to end nearly 13 years of civil war. "

- - Australia: No uranium sale to India

2006-03-12T08:59:00.000-08:00

Australia will maintain its ban on uranium exports to India and other countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Australian foreign minister says."

- - Largest oil spill hits north Alaska

2006-03-12T08:47:00.000-08:00

Officials have discovered the Alaskan North Slope's largest ever oil spill at Prudhoe Bay."

- - Nepal's 'Buddha boy' disappears

2006-03-12T08:42:00.000-08:00

Hundreds of people are scouring a jungle in southern Nepal for a missing teenager who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha."

- - Hamas draft government programme

2006-03-12T08:36:00.000-08:00

"The main points of Hamas's draft government programme posted on its website:"

- - A Pyrrhic victory for Hamas?

2006-03-12T08:30:00.000-08:00

Many Arab analysts believe Hamas's recent victory in the Palestinian election was indirectly facilitated by Israel in order to implement its West Bank disengagement plans and to hinder Hamas's development as a viable political movement. "

- - Hamas claims non-stop Saudi funds

2006-03-12T08:26:00.000-08:00

Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia had vowed to remain one of the biggest financial backers of the Palestinians, despite US and European threats to cut aid."

Taliban kidnap four Albanians

2006-03-12T08:22:00.000-08:00

"Taliban insurgents abducted four Albanian nationals on Saturday in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Islamic movement said."

- - Merkel pleads for diplomacy over Iran

2006-03-12T08:15:00.000-08:00

"Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has urged a diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear plans, saying the international community has to avoid the divisions seen in the run up to the 2003 Iraq war."

- - Islamophobia masquerading as free speech

2006-03-11T16:37:00.000-08:00

"Islamophobia masquerading as free speech
By Soumaya Ghannoushi

The caricatures of Prophet Muhammad first published in the Danish Jyllands-Posten then reprinted in a string of European newspapers have exposed the gulf separating the West from the Muslim world. "

- - Can America go 'private,' or is it too late?

2006-03-11T16:36:00.000-08:00

"Can America go �private,� or is it too late?
By Ben Tanosborn

Surrounded by mirrors, sooner or later it had to happen; we cannot go on forever without eventually having to take a good look at ourselves. And the recent DP World free-for-all gave us an opportunity to prepare for a first glance, if nothing else."

- Kartoon- Krieg

2006-03-11T16:35:00.000-08:00

"Politics As War by Other Means
By Lila Rajiva

Standing Clausewitz on his head may be the best way to understand the controversy provoked by Jyllands-Posten. This is no first amendment issue at all. The rash decision to publish the cartoons of Mohammed cannot be defended as freedom of speech for a simple reason - these cartoons are not speech but acts. Acts of provocation and belligerence. They are the opening - or perhaps continuing - rounds of war. "

- - The Gitmo Documents

2006-03-11T16:33:00.000-08:00

"Four Characters in Search of a Prosecutor: Miller, Boykin, Cambone and Feith
By LILA RAJIVA

A year of stonewalling a Freedom of Information lawsuit by the Associated Press and now the Pentagon releases documents (Friday, March 3, 2006) with the names of hundreds of detainees held at Guantanamo. "

- - Hamas claims non-stop Saudi funds

2006-03-11T16:27:00.000-08:00

"Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia had vowed to remain one of the biggest financial backers of the Palestinians, despite US and European threats to cut aid."

- - Body of US hostage found

2006-03-11T16:25:00.000-08:00

A dead body found in Iraq has been identified as that of missing US hostage Tom Fox, the US State Department has said."

Bush: Ports row could hurt US

2006-03-11T16:21:00.000-08:00

The collapse of the Dubai ports deal could hurt American efforts to recruit Middle East governments as partners in the war on terror, the US president has said."

- - Pakistan strikes border militants

2006-03-11T16:14:00.000-08:00

Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships have killed about 30 militants in a raid on their hideout near the border with Afghanistan, a military spokesman has said."

- - Chile's first female president sworn in

2006-03-11T16:08:00.000-08:00

Chile has sworn in Michelle Bachelet, the country's first female president."

Milosevic found dead in Hague cell

2006-03-11T10:06:00.000-08:00

"Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has been found dead in his prison cell in The Hague, the UN and Milosevic's lawyer have confirmed."

- - Jordan hangs two over murder

2006-03-11T09:59:00.000-08:00

"Authorities in Jordan have executed a Libyan and a Jordanian convicted over the 2002 murder of a US diplomat, officials said."

Spain mourns Madrid bomb victims

2006-03-11T09:51:00.000-08:00

"Spain is set to begin a sombre remembrance of the 2004 Madrid train bombings on Saturday - the second anniversary of the attacks. "

- - Many foreigners among Iraq hostages

2006-03-11T09:44:00.000-08:00

"Whilst thousands of Iraqis have been regularly abducted, mostly for ransom, and their fates sometimes resolved and sometimes not, the coverage of foreign hostages in Iraq has recieved far wider media publicity."

Qatar extradites Egyptian suspect

2006-03-11T09:38:00.000-08:00

"Qatar has extradited to Egypt an Egyptian suspected of financing attacks on tourists in Cairo last year, Egyptian security officials have said."

- - Pentagon: No halt to forced feedings

2006-03-11T09:32:00.000-08:00

"The Pentagon has said it will not halt the forced feeding of detainees on hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, despite medical and legal protests that consider it a form of torture."

- - Riot police storm Paris university

2006-03-11T09:22:00.000-08:00

"Riot police have stormed the Sorbonne University in Paris, forcing out students who have been occupying the building since Wednesday in protest against government labour laws. "

Four detained over India blasts

2006-03-11T09:16:00.000-08:00

"Police in India say they have detained four men following the bombings that killed 20 people at a temple and train station in Hinduism's holiest city."

Israel: Haniya could be target

2006-03-11T09:10:00.000-08:00

"Hamas's candidate for Palestinian prime minister, Ismael Haniya, could become a target for assassination if he becomes involved in 'acts of terror', Israel has warned."

- - UN statement: Milosevic death

2006-03-11T08:53:00.000-08:00

"The following is the full statement issued by the UN war crimes tribunal on the death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on Saturday:"

The charges against Milosevic

2006-03-11T08:47:00.000-08:00

"Slobodan Milosevic, who was found dead in his cell at the UN detention unit near The Hague, had been on trial before the UN war crimes court since February 2002."

Milosevic death: Reaction in quotes

2006-03-11T08:39:00.000-08:00

"The former Yugoslav leader has been found dead in his cell at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague."

- Lawyer:Violence if Saddam hanged

2006-03-11T08:34:00.000-08:00

"Hanging Saddam Hussein would bring new sectarian bloodshed and divide Iraqis forever, his American lawyer said on Friday, complaining that the former leader could not receive a fair trial in such a climate of fear."

US, UAE defer free trade talks

2006-03-11T08:16:00.000-08:00

"The United States and United Arab Emirates have postponed free trade talks, the US Trade Representative's office said on Friday, a day after a Dubai state-owned company said it would give up US port management operations to calm a political furor."

Bin Laden niece to be reality TV star

2006-03-11T08:04:00.000-08:00

"Osama bin Laden may not appear on television as much as he used to, but his niece is not so shy."

MWC News - A Site Without Borders - - The Gitmo Documents

2006-03-10T16:39:00.000-08:00

Berlusconi faces corruption charge

2006-03-10T09:49:00.000-08:00

"Prosecutors in Milan say they have requested that Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi be indicted on charges of corruption."

Dubai firm abandons US ports plan

2006-03-10T09:40:00.000-08:00

"Dubai-owned DP World has abandoned plans to takeover operations at six US ports, defusing an election-year showdown between President George Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress. "

- - Suicide bombing rocks Falluja

2006-03-10T09:32:00.000-08:00

A suicide bomber has killed at least 11 people, including five Iraqi police, in a truck bomb attack on a military checkpoint in the western town of Falluja, medics say."

Dutch court convicts Muslim 'terrorists'

2006-03-10T09:21:00.000-08:00

"A Dutch court has convicted nine Muslims of belonging to a terrorist group because they incited hatred towards non-Muslims."

AU proposes extending Darfur mission

2006-03-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

"The African Union has proposed extending its mission in Darfur until the end of the year to break an impasse over the transfer of peacekeeping duties in Sudan's vast west to UN troops."

- - Denmark looks to repair Muslim ties

2006-03-10T09:09:00.000-08:00

"Denmark is hosting a conference on religious dialogue aimed at reconciling the West and the Islamic world following the Prophet Muhammad cartoon uproar."

Iraq executes 13 insurgents

2006-03-10T09:01:00.000-08:00

"The Iraqi government says it has hanged 13 insurgents, the first executions of militants since the toppling of Saddam Hussein. "

Landmine kills dozens in Pakistan

2006-03-10T08:54:00.000-08:00

A landmine blast in southwestern Pakistan has killed 26 people including several children travelling to a wedding, local official say."

N Korea missile tests 'a quantum leap'

2006-03-10T08:49:00.000-08:00

Short-range missiles recently test-fired by North Korea are 'a quantum leap forward' from the country's previous missile capabilities, the commander of US troops in South Korea has said."